Combined electric service cut-out and meter-board.



PATENTED JUNE 23, 1908'. WORTH. -OUT ANDMETEB. BOARD.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1 H. E. MOGOWAN & B. R. BLLS APPLICATION FILED OCT. 21, 1907.

GOMBINED ELECTRIC SERVICE GUT PATENTED mums, 190

H. B. MOGOWAXAN 55E. RQELLSWORTH.

-OUT AND METER BOARD. APPLICATION FILED our. 21, 1907.

COMBINED BLEOTRIG SERVICE GUT 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2,

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Engwm E}. ELLswoR'rn; citizens of the. 'UnitedStates, hoth residing at the-boron l1. of'l'Bmokly-n, county-@Kings, city end 'Sta "e tric senviee out out end meter board, and the object thereof is the rovision of amainline cr ses.

. n. Mc'eow N AND EDWIN R... ELLswoRrn, or NEW YO K, 1i. Y. 1 eoimrs snnrnc'rerc snsvrcn cU'r-onr' Ann METER-BOARD.

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of New York, have invented en Improvement intComhmedElectr c Service Gut-Outs and-:MetenBoards, of which the followingiS esnecifieetion; V

Lur invention relatesto a combined eleccutg out;- meter' boar with the partsso arrenged" and. combined as to economize wallspace and at the same time to provide an a paratusin which=the electric circuit may e o jenedzdirectly at themeter'both automatic- & y-loyoverloeds bloWingfusesor-similer devices-end. manually by operating suiteble switches, the: casing employed in our improved apparatus forming the necessary ousing-ion the electrical connections from theIead Wiresto the circuit 0 ening devices to. and; from the. meter an through the switchestotheservice wires.

In carryingrout: our invention, we employ aliasing, a coni er therefor. adepted' tosupport enelectric meter, terminels. andswitch contectsfixed; within the body portion of the said-'cssin fuse terminals andv switch con, tacts fine :on sendv covermember and elec-' trical connections to and from the saidifuse terminals andswitch contacts and saidimeter endso err-engedxthetwhen'the cover is open, the. electric, circuit is broken anda when: the

parts. being such that when. the cover. is. opned; it srsningsoutwardlyanm then downdenta yan imust bevlifted before it can be closed.

the-drawing; Figure 1 is a front elevation. of our improved: electric service cut out end-,meter. board; Fig. 2 isa side elevation of the same, eznlF-ig 3 is an elevation show- I 111%th8 cover of the casing: open.

eferring particularly to the drawing, we prefer toemploy a. suitable casing preferably comprising. ahollow body portion 11 made 7 ct any: suitable insulating material and. adapted to be: supported inposition by any suitable means known to the art, and afcover member I-Z-iorming emeterhoard. and. con-.

nested tothe body portion, 1.1. by suitable Specification oi Letters Batent.

avity. It cannot close acci-v retemsesune 23, race,

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I v hinges 13in such a manner that the casing- Hnnnr E; MoGowAN:

is opened by swinging the cover or meter board-'1-2 outwards and then downwards on gthe-hinges 13-. lnteriorly the body portion 151 is provided-with a block 14- on which are each oiwhich is provided with a spring Clip:

fixed theservicewire terminals 15-, 1.6, 1 7,;

contact' 18, theterminals 15, 16 end'17', be

fling adapted to be electrically. connected tothe service wires L9, 20, '21 res ecti-vely, which are taken from the casing t rough a nipple 22 orother device secured in the upper 'portionof-body member 11-. Blocks 23,24,

gand 25 are also, secured within the-bodyporition 11 of the casing and at one endbf-eech of-xthese blocks, terminals 26, 27,28, respecfitively are secured, the-terminals 26, 27-, and

;28 being each providedwith a spring clip Lead wires 34, 35, 36, are'connectedreispe'ctively to-the terminals 30, 31, 32, and f8,Ie 02LI1'-l8d 'lnt() the-casingthrough ani ple 37 or other similar device s'ecuredin the bot item member of: the body portion 11'. The icover 12 on the outer surface thereof is iadaptecl to receive an electric meter 38 which may he seouredin position thereon by m eans of'suiteble lugs 39 and screws 39 m lotherwise, and on the inner surface. of the cover member 12, blocks 40, 41, 42, are sei cured and adapted to receive the terminals, 43, 44, and:45' respectively, each of which lat- "ter is PIOVlClGd W-ltll a knife blade contact 46 5 adapted when the cover is closed, to ass between and contact with the spring clip conjtacts 18 on the terminals 1'5, 16 and 17, and moreover in the following description, we will refer to these terminals 43, 44 and 45 as the three-wire terminals. The blocks 47, '48, and 49 are also secured to the inner surface of the cover member 12 and to these blocks respectively, the terminals 50, 51 and 52,- are secured, each of which terminals isprovided with a knife blade contact 53 eda'pted to enter and make electrical connection with the s ring clip contacts 29 and 33 ofv the termina s 26;, 27-, 28, and 30,31, and '32 respectively. Moreover each pair of ter minals 5O, 51 and 52'is adapted to be electrically connected to the terminals of the fuse 54 orother suitable. circuit opening de- Vice;

' surface of the meter board to make One of the terminals electrically connected to the wire leading to an opening 56 at the-bottom of the meter board cover 12 and also to an opening 57 in the upper portion of the cover 12, and is a wire leading from the terminal 52 to an opening 59 in the bottom portion of the cover 12 and also to an opening 60 in the upper portion thereof. Furthermore the wires 55, 58, are respectively carried to iiipenings 61, (52, at the left hand side of the cover 1-2 by means of the connection wires 63, 64:, respectively.

65 designates the wire electrically con .nected to the three-wire terminal 45 and leading to an opening 66 in the right hand side of the cover 12 by meansof a connection wire 67 and also to an opening 68 in the bottom portion of the cover 12.

(it) is a wire leading from the three-wire terminal 41a to an opening 70 in the right hand side of the cover 12 by means of a connection wire 71 and also to an opening 72 in the bottom portion of cent to the opening 68 therein.

73 is a wire connected to and leading from the three-wire terminal 45 to an opening 74 in the right hand side of the cover 12 by way of the mnncction wire 75 and also to an opening 76 in the bottom portion of the cover member 12 adjacent to the openings 68 and 72, and 77 is a neutral wire electrically connected to and leading from the fuse terminal 51 to the neutral wire 6?).

ltcfcrring to l ig. vl it will be noted thatwe have illustrated the meter board as litted with a General Electric (0. alternating current meter, the. terminals to and from which are arranged at the respective sides thereof, the wires c3 and (.81 on one side of the meter being taken through the openings 61 and 62 in the cover 12 and through corresponding openings in a suitable plate 79 fixed on the connections with the meter terminals at this. side of the meter, whereas the wires 67, 71 and 75, are carried through the openings 66, 70, and 74., in the cover 12 and through corresponding openings in the plate 78 fixed on the duter surface of the cover or meter board 12 to make connections with the terminals at the other side of the meter, it being understood-that the openings 56 and 5t), and (38,72, and 76, at the bottom of the cover 12 and through which the wires may be taken for connections to the terminals of the \Vestinghouse alternating current meter, are in this instance closed by a blank plate 81, whereas the openings 57 and tit) in the upper portion of the cover 12 and through which the wires may be talicn for connections to the terminals of the (lcncral Electric (o. direct cur rent meter, arc in this instance closed by the use of a blank plate St) tixcd on the outer surlacc ol the cover 12. l urtherniore the cover portion 12 may be proi 'ided with suitthe cover 12 and adja- I able lugs 82 and ,the body portion 11 with thumb screws 85 adapted to engage the lugs 82 to maintain the cover 12 in its closed position and the. cover 12 is preferably pro vided with a handle 54 by which the same may be conveniently opened and lowered and alsolifted and closed. We may also provide the body )ortion 1] and the cover member 12 with lugs 85 through which a lock 86 or sealing device may be employed to prevent the electrical connections and cut out devices within the casing being tanipered with and to indicate any attempt at interference with these comiections and cut out devices contained within the rising.

We do not limitourselves to the position occupied by the de vices of our in'iprovement, that is to say, whether the parts are placed vertically as shown, so that the door swings outward and then downward, or are placed horizontally so that the door swings out sidewise, as we are aware that it. is not new per se to place the door of a service cut out so asto swing in either direction.

We claim as our invention:

1. In an electric service cut out and meter board, a casing comprising a hollow body portion and a coverhinged thereto and adapted to support an electric meter, lead. wire terminals and contacts in said body portion, service wire terminals and contacts in the said body portion, terminals and contacts intermediate of the aforesaid terminals and contacts in said body portion, fuse terminals on the said cover, a fuse secured therein, contacts con .nected to the said fuse terminals, three-wire terminals and. contacts also secured on the said cover and electrical connections from said fuse terminals and three-wire terminals adapted to be connected to the terminals of an electric meter.

2. In an electric service out out and meter board, a casing comprising a body portion and a cover hinged thereto, an electric meter secured on the outer surface of the said cover, lead wire terminals in the said body portion, spring contacts electrically connected with the said lead wire terminals, service wire terminals in the said body portion, spring contacts electrically connected to the said service wire terminals, terminals and spring contacts intermediate of the aforesaid terminals and contacts in the said body portion, fuse terminals fixed on the inner surface of the said cover, a fuse secured therein, knife blade contacts electrically connected to the said fuse terminals, tl'iree-wire terminals, knife blade contacts electrically con nected to the said three-wire terminals, and l electrical connections to and from the said l fuse terminals and three-wire terminals and the terminals of the said meter.

3. In an electric service on t out and meter board, a casing comprising a body portion and a cover hinged thereto, an electric meter sewer secured on the outer surface of the said cover, lead Wire terminals in the said body portion, s ring contacts electrically connected with t e said lead wire terminals, service 'wire terminals in the said body gortion, spring contacts electrically con'nee'te to the said service wire terminals, terminals and spring contacts intermediate of the aforesaid terminals and contacts in the said body ortion, fuse terminals fixed on the inner surlhce of the said cover, a fuse secured therein, knife blade contacts electrically connected to the said fuse terminals,three-wire terminals, knife blade contacts electrically connected to the saidithree-wire terminals, electrical connections from said fuse terminals to one set of the meter terminals and electrical connections from the said three-Wire terminals to the other set of meter terminals.

Signed by us this 13th day of August, 1907.

HENRY E. MOGOWAN. E. R. ELLSWORTH. Witnesses as to McGowan:

TnoMAs L. ANDERSON, JAMES T. HEFFERNAN. Witnesses as to Ellsworth:

ARTHUR H. SnRnELn' E. ZACHARIASEN. 

